Alcantara Door Panels!

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JasonH

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #1

So I finally got around to pulling the door panels off and then pulling the door panel apart and wrapping the inserts in (real) Alcantara. It's definitely a full day (or two) project. The most annoying thing is the ~30 plastic welds you have to remove.

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Goobax

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #2

That looks REALLY good. Where did you source the material?

 

Mille170

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #3

Would love to do this, I hate the fabric on the arm rests. How did you remove the plastic welds, and how are you planning on reattaching them to the door panel.

 

corrado917

Go Kart Champion

• Feb 14, 2012

• #4

Nice

 

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JasonH

Ready to race!

• Feb 14, 2012

• #5

Goobax said:

That looks REALLY good. Where did you source the material?

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I got it in person from:
http://www.gulffabrics.com/
Really bad website, I know, but they're really nice people who let me check out the colors.

You can also get it from http://www.jpmcoachworks.com/jpm/shop-materials/genuine-alcantara.html

 

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JasonH

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #6

Mille170 said:

How did you remove the plastic welds, and how are you planning on reattaching them to the door panel.

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Well, VW uses two different types of plastic welds for some reason, rectangular blob things along the top, and round plastic rivets everywhere else.

I was actually able to save almost all of the rectangular ones by squeezing them together with a flathead screwdriver and then lifting up the material, basically acting like a clip.

The round plastic rivets I had to dremel off. I think I'm going to use some epoxy or high temp hot glue in place of them.

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Mille170

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #7

I see, thanks for the info.

 

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JasonH

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• Feb 15, 2012

• #8

All Done!

 

xHeartcoreboyx

IceCream GTI

• Feb 15, 2012

• #9

That looks good! Does it feel better than leather to the hand?

 

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JasonH

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• Feb 15, 2012

• #10

xHeartcoreboyx said:

That looks good! Does it feel better than leather to the hand?

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Thanks! IMHO it feels much better. It's very similar to suede.

 

disclaf

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• Feb 16, 2012

• #11

Looks awesome!

 

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ImmI

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• Feb 16, 2012

• #12

That's fantastic :clap:

Adds just a bit more luxury to the car

 

Banshee1

Go Kart Champion

• Feb 16, 2012

• #13

That looks sick. Wish it didn't take so long or I'd drive up there and pay you to do it for me!

 

MasterKevin

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• Feb 16, 2012

• #14

so freaking good ! now do the dash and roof !! winning !!!

 

Gunkata

Drag Race Newbie

• Feb 16, 2012

• #15

very nice! I know a guy who did the remaining parts of his STI's interior from JPM coachworks, it can get expensive, but it helps if you do the labor yourself.